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Brazil sport and music
By: Samanta Jay

Predictions by leading financiers, Goldman Sachs, are ranking Brazil amongst the top 5 world economies by the year 2050. As one world‘s largest countries, with a current population of over 180 million, Brazil‘s economic potential is enormous. The current availability of cheap labor and materials, coupled with undervalued real estate , mean the conditions for growth are outstanding.

Brazil is already leading in many service and manufacturing areas, it is the worlds...

1st largest producer of Coffee Beans

1st largest producer of Orange Juice

2nd largest producer of Mobile / Cell Phones

2nd largest producer of Executive Jets and Helicopters

2nd largest producer of Microwave Ovens

4th largest producer of Washing Machines

4th largest producer of Refrigerators

5th largest producer of Automobiles / Cars

5th largest producer of CD‘s

Sports are an important part of the Brazilian society. Most sports are practiced in the entire country but football is by far the most popular sport in Brazil. The larger towns have usually more than one professional football club. Brazilians who know each other are generally able to tell exactly what club the other person supports. Although football is mainly practiced by men, the most fanatic supporters are often women. And no country in the world plays soccer like Brazil. No country has the tradition and glory that has been won by Brazilian teams.. Not England, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Spain or anybody else.

The greatest soccer players have been Brazilian, the largest stadium is in Rio and the Brazilian fans are the most fanatical.

Soccer in Brazil is more than two teams of 11 players attempt to put an inflated ball into goal cages at opposite ends of a playing field. Soccer is a childhood tradition, starting as soon as a boy can walk, and continuing throughout childhood and adolescence in the streets and fields of every city and village in Brazil, before, after and even during school hours.

A sport which is typically Brazilian is capoeira . This is a combination of martial art and dancing. It originates from the Northeast of Brazil.

Brazil has a very rich music tradition. The Brazilian music originates from mixing the styles of European colonists with the styles of African slaves and -to a lesser degree- the styles of the Amerindians.

Samba is the Brazilian style of music that everybody knows. It is famous throughout the world. Bossa Nova is well-known among jazz enthusiasts. Nevertheless, the Brazilian music does not get the international attention to which it is entitled. Who learns more about Brazilian music, discovers a new world of sounds, styles and rhythms varying from classical music to hip-hop-like styles.

With a Tropical climate, world-famous sports and music, beautiful beaches and a year-round tourist season, Brazil is set to benefit purchasers with buy-to-let investment strategies. The low cost of living (20% of that in the UK) also appeals to investors and tourists looking for a lower cost alternative to the peaking Caribbean market. There are no complications regarding property ownership in Brazil and investments can be purchased as 100% Freehold.

Growth is being centered on the coastal destinations of Fortaleza, Salvador and Natal in particular, which is the closest point of Latin America to Europe and the location of a new airport which shall be the EIGHTH largest in the world. Easy access from North America and Europe is on the increase, with costs of travel reducing each year, giving Brazil a truly global investment and tourism appeal.